District of Nepal · Gandaki Province
Manang District: land cover, map and municipalities
Barren land is the largest land cover in Manang District, at 71.9% of its area. Forest covers 0.9% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 26.3%, built-up land 0.0%, bare land, rock and snow 71.9% and water 1.0%.
Land cover of Manang District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 26.3 | 7.3–45.2 | 609 |
| Forest land | 0.9 | 0.0–2.2 | 20 |
| Water | 1.0 | 0.1–1.8 | 22 |
| Barren land | 71.9 | 52.3–91.5 | 1,669 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 16 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Manang District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: barren land −4.3 points, rangeland +4.3 points, urban land +0.1 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Municipalities and rural municipalities of Manang District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chame | 79 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Narpa Bhumi | 838 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nason | 710 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ngisyang | 695 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Manang District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Manang District: about 30 a year on average, most in 2021 (269).
Questions about Manang District
- What is the forest cover of Manang District?
- About 0.9% of Manang District is forest (95% interval 0.0–2.2%), roughly 20.4 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 16 sample sites. That ranks 77th of 77 districts.
- How much of Manang District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.0% (0.0 km²). Manang District ranks 75th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Manang District?
- Manang District covers 2,321 km² and has 4 local units (municipalities and rural municipalities).
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.